Permissible uses of the remediation fund modified to allow for cost reimbursement for PFAS contamination remediation at emergency response training centers, and money appropriated.

This bill modifies Minnesota's remediation fund to allow reimbursement for PFAS contamination cleanup at emergency response training centers. It specifically covers costs incurred on or after January 1, 2023, for investigations, remediation, and related activities at centers that stopped using PFAS-containing firefighting foam by January 1, 2015. The bill appropriates $1 million in fiscal year 2026 for grants to qualifying state colleges or universities operating these centers. It directly affects emergency response training centers that used PFAS firefighting foam before 2015 and now seek cleanup funding. The policy change expands the fund's eligible uses to include PFAS remediation at these specific facilities.